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Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all the ways we could die. Instead, our minds block out our existential fears by focusing on stresses we can handle--like getting to work on time or paying our taxes.
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The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their silence at times of crisis.
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Dan Brown |
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Imagine how different a world might be if more leaders took time to ponder the finality of death before racing off to war.
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Dan Brown |
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Nothing in Christianity is original.
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organized-religion
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Dan Brown |
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Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user.
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Dan Brown |
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I believe that thinking about the problem ... is your problem.
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Dan Brown |
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Can you keep secrets? Can you know a thing and never say it again?
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Dan Brown |
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Madness breeds madness.
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Dan Brown |
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Truth has power. And if we all gravitate toward similar ideas, maybe we do so because those ideas are true...written deep within us. And when we hear the truth, even if we don't understand it, we feel that truth resonate within us...vibrating with our unconscious wisdom. Perhaps the truth is not learned by us, but rather, the truth is re-called...re-membered...-re-cognized...as that which is already inside us.
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Dan Brown |
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Even the technology that promises to unite us, divides us. Each of us is now electronically connected to the globe, and yet we feel utterly alone.
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technology
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Dan Brown |
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No good deed goes unpunished.
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Dan Brown |
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Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. --WINSTON CHURCHILL
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Dan Brown |
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Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed.
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Dan Brown |
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The more man learned, the more he realized he did not know.
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man
learning
the-lost-symbol
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I'm a fan of the truth... even if it's painfully hard to accept.
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Dan Brown |
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Learning the truth has become my life's love.
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life
truth
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Dan Brown |
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Each of us is now electronically connected to the globe, and yet we feel utterly alone.
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Dan Brown |
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Only one form of contagion travels faster than a virus. And that's fear.
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Dan Brown |
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Darkness feeds on apathy.
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Dan Brown |
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Skepticism has become a virtue. Cynicism and demand for proof has become enlightened thought. Is it any wonder that humans now feel more depressed and defeated than they have at any point in human history?
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Dan Brown |
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Dante's poem, Langdon was now reminded, was not so much about the misery of hell as it was about the power of the human spirit to endure any challenge, no matter how daunting.
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Dan Brown |
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The truth can be glimpsed only through the eyes of death.
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Dan Brown |
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But believe me, just because the human mind can't imagine something happening...doesn't mean it won't.
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inferno
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Buddha had said: "Each of us is a God. Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom."
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Dan Brown |
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the most dangerous enemy is that which no one fears!
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Dan Brown |
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Don't tell anyone, but on the pagan day of the sun god Ra, I kneel at the foot of an ancient instrument of torture and consume ritualistic symbols of blood and flesh. ...And if any of you care to join me, come to the Harvard chapel on Sunday, kneel beneath the crucifix, and take Holy Communion.
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religion
organized-religion
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No love is greater than that of a father for His son.
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Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards?
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Dan Brown |
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There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist
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ignorance
power
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There's just no substitute for the truth.
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Dan Brown |
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We all fear what we do not understand.
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Dan Brown |
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Nobody tells you what you can and can't do.
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Dan Brown |
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I've got to stop being such a snob about leather-bound books, he reminded himself. E-books do have their moments.
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e-book
inferno
ebook
e-books
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Historically, the most dangerous men on earth were men of God...especially when their gods became threatened.
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Dan Brown |
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Angels and demons were identical--interchangeable archetypes--all a matter of polarity. The guardian angel who conquered your enemy in battle was perceived by your enemy as a demon destroyer.
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Mr. Langdon, I did not ask if you believe what man says about God. I asked if you believed in God. There is a difference. Holy scripture is stories...legends and history of man's quest to understand his own need for meaning. I am not asking you to pass judgment on literature. I am asking if you believe in God. When you lie out under the stars, do you sense the divine? Do you feel in your gut that you are staring up at the work of God's hand..
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religion
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Sometimes a legend that endures for centuries... endures for a reason.
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Dan Brown |
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If it wasn't painfully difficult, you did it wrong!
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Dan Brown |
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May our philosophies keep pace with our technologies. May our compassion keep pace with our powers. And may love, not fear, be the engine of change.
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Dan Brown |
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Sometimes, all you have to do is shift your perspective to see someone else's truth.
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Dan Brown |
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When swimming into a dark tunnel,there arrives a point of no return when you no longer have enough breath to double back.your choice is to swim forward into the unknown....and pray for an exit
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Dan Brown |
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When multiple explanations exist, the simplest is usually correct.
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Dan Brown |
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One does not need to have cancer to analyze its symptoms.
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Dan Brown |
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My lawyers will fricassee your testicles for breakfast. And if you dare board my plane without a warrant, your spleen will follow.
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